Tallahassee Police teamed up with the Leon County Sheriff's Office and the state attorney's office to present the gang awareness rally. They hope to present it at every middle and high school in Leon County,

Tallahassee, FL - You could hear a pin drop in the Godby High auditorium as two former gang members described life in gangs and life in prison.

Torrence Adams said he has accomplished more in the last six months than he did during 20 years on the street. He just got his high school diploma and enrolled in college.

The mother of Reshard Morrell fought back tears as she described what it was like to lose a son to gang violence. He was an innocent bystander caught in the cross fire of a gang shootout at the Elks Lodge.

"Choose life over gangs," she said.

David Northway of the Tallahassee Police Department says Godby does not have a gang problem and neither the school nor TPD wanted to insinuate such. Organizers of this event needed a school in the district at which to hold this event and they picked Godby.

WCTV has a reporter at the event and will bring you more tonight on Eyewitness News.

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